The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-16
oLLAPODRIDA.
"Where'er Gods people build house OF PRAYER,
The devil always builds chapel there;
And twill be found upon examination.
The latter has the larger congregation

The devil always builds chapel there;
Ana twii be found upon examination.
The latter has the larger congregation
The truth Of this is patent to any oh.
server. Look around this town and see
where the majority m st do congregate--
whether it be at "a house Of prayer" or
At the houses where 1.-THE loud laugh doth
speak the vacant mind =
where village statesmen talk with looks profound
AND news much older than their ale goes round"
When such is the case--when man
seeks low haunts and the assembly of
loaters to Laugh at the jests or pranks
that never fail, when "the heart is de-
ceitful above all things, aud desperately
wicked, then there is needed no stronger
proof Of the total depraUity of mankind.
And It is strange, tits passing strange, that
human being endowed with reason, in
telllgence, and holy aspirations, should
take delight In that which degrades and
defllos, and should turn away from the
good, the true aud the beautiful. For,
Vice is monster Of such hldeous nlen,
As TO be hated needs but to be seen.
Il
We 1rst endure. then pity, then embrace
Aud thus by gradual steps downward,
many a noble youth hastens to an I'M
timely aud unhonored grave. And In
too many instances could there be en-
graved upon his tombstone
VICTIM OF PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE.
These might schools are abominable
places for the contamination and ruina.
ton of the boys who frequent them. Six,
and sometimes seven nights In week are
they regularly attended, but mary" a
day throughout the year are any of these
boys seen at the public schools. And
when we see boys-and some Of them
within stones throw of our place OF
writing-from whose face beams no more
Intelligence than from the face Of a
Shepherd dog, Is 1t not about time to
have enacted some stringent compulsory
education laws, requiring the attendance
of all children of proper age, at school,
and exacting as penalty from the school
officers of the district heavy fine for
neglecting to enforce the law. Also from
the parents or guardians a fine If they
neglect or refuse to send their children.
When the public are taxed for the sup
port of schools-building fine school
houses, and paying liberal wages to
teachers, many Of whom have spent some
of the best years of their lives in prepare
ton for the work-then this same public
has right to demand that these accom-
modations shall be put to the best use,
and to that use for which they were in
tended. II the State believes that edu-
Gated people make the best citizens, then
she has right to demand that all children
shall receive q certain amount Of educa-
tion at her expense. There is nothing
arbitrary or illegal in such law-it
curbs ne ones liberty; for, Mr.. Editor.
you and l would send our children to
school, law or no law, for we are above
such law, aud hence 1t would not touch
US. Bat the street arabs, and gdn.in, and
| pOuuthy huNbtn tuo OutJ OhCn WhO
would get caught 10 its meshes, and they
are the very ones who need catching.
The State must yet require an eduoa-
tioual test as the right to suffrage, or
holding civil Office. Every voter should
be required to know something of U. s.
history, the constitution, civil govern
ment and the elementary principles Of
political economy, besides the elementary
branches usually taught In our public
schools. Then the ignorant rabble, hav
ing no vote, will no longer be tempting
bait TO the dlabolical demagogues ant
pot house politicians with which New
Jersey is at present overstocked and over
run. Besides, such q Requirement for vo
ting will be an incentive for the youth Il
attend school, and to spend his evening"
at home In study, and his money for use
full books instead of squandering 1t IL
divers foolish ways. Also, the voter be
ing an intelligent man, will think and ac
for himself, aud mot be like dumb driver
cattle. NASSAU.